Jon Daniels

Jon Daniels
Jon Danielsis the current President of Baseball Operations and General Manager of the Major League Baseball team Texas Rangers. Daniels led the Rangers to 2 World Series appearances in 2010 and 2011. Under Daniels leadership the Rangers joined the Blue Jaysand the Yankeesas the only franchises to win back-to-back American League pennants in the last 22 years. When hired at age 28, he was the youngest GM in Major League Baseball at the time...
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We want to get his pitch count up, stretch him out and get him into the mix. He wants to start and we got him to start.
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This was a chance to address a need, ... If there are bold moves available that give us an opportunity to take big steps, we'll take them. I'm not sure what this signals other than the fact that we're looking to get better.
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We've been clear and consistent that if he decides he does want to play, we'd love for him to be in Arlington.
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We've had varying degrees of negotiation and we are closer in some cases than others. We exchanged figures and we have a second round of negotiations coming.
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We like everything we've seen about him. He has great makeup and he fits in with a veteran group in the bullpen who have taken him under their wing.
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We are excited about what it means to our future, both short-term and long-term. He adds something to our club that we sorely needed.
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Fabio is like any other guy on the club. We want to see him contribute and pitch well at a level the club needs him to perform.
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For anybody to sit back today and say that they forecast he was going to be the player he is now, that's just impossible. If that was the case, there's no way Toronto ever would have dealt him. He's become a superstar. He's unbelievable.
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It's the same as yesterday. We're going to fill it from within unless something presents itself. You never say never, but I don't have anything close.
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That's the challenge I signed up for, ... I wouldn't expect anything less.
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That's the difference to me: Michael Young is the type who stepped up before we had to make a decision, when Soriano said he wanted to play second base. That's why Michael is such a leader on this team.
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It's something our medical staff has assured us is not normally a recurring issue. We don't see any issues there.
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It's not going to be easy. But don't count us out.
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It's been a focus. All things being equal, in our ballpark it would be preferable to have a left-hander.